Table 2 Survival for GMS according to low- and high-risk disease and location of cancer in the validation cohort (n = 862).

From: The Glasgow Microenvironment Score associates with prognosis and adjuvant chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer

GroupGMS category

 

Disease-free survival

Relapse-free survival

N

5-year DFS (%; SE)

Events (n = 541)

HR (95% CI)

P

5-year RFS (%; SE)

Events (n = 271)

HR (95% CI)

P

Full cohort

   

Trend

0.003

  

Trend

<0.001

 0

300

71 (3)

168

1.0 (reference)

 

83 (2)

61

1.0 (reference)

 

 1

424

58 (2)

281

1.30 (1.08–1.58)

0.007

70 (2)

141

1.82 (1.35-2.46)

<0.001

 2

138

46 (4)

92

1.50 (1.16–1.93)

0.002

51 (4)

69

3.09 (2.19-4.36)

<0.001

TNM I–II (low risk)

   

Trend

0.89

  

Trend

<0.001

 0

201

73 (3)

113

1.0 (reference)

 

88 (2)

29

1.0 (reference)

 

 1

244

70 (3)

148

1.06 (0.83–1.35)

0.65

84 (2)

49

1.42 (0.90–2.25)

0.13

 2

54

57 (7)

29

1.06 (0.70–1.59)

0.79

63 (7)

21

3.24 (1.85–5.68)

<0.001

TNM II–III (high risk)

   

Trend

0.003

  

Trend

0.001

 0

99

66 (5)

55

1.0 (reference)

 

72 (5)

32

1.0 (reference)

 

 1

180

43 (4)

133

1.67 (1.22–2.29)

0.001

51 (4)

92

1.95 (1.30–2.92)

0.001

 2

84

38 (5)

63

1.72 (1.19–2.47)

0.003

43 (6)

48

2.18 (1.39–3.41)

0.001

Colon cancer

   

Trend

0.004

  

Trend

<0.001

 0

206

72 (3)

113

1.0 (reference)

 

84 (3)

41

1.0 (reference)

 

 1

345

58 (3)

233

1.38 (1.10–1.73)

0.005

69 (3)

115

1.88 (1.32–2.68)

0.001

 2

99

45 (5)

67

1.57 (1.16–2.12)

0.004

51 (5)

49

3.15 (2.08–4.77)

<0.001

Rectal cancer

   

Trend

0.46

  

Trend

0.003

 0

94

68 (5)

55

1.0 (reference)

 

80 (4)

20

1.0 (reference)

 

 1

79

62 (5)

48

1.07 (0.73–1.58)

0.72

72 (5)

26

1.66 (0.92–2.97)

0.09

 2

39

46 (8)

25

1.35 (0.84–2.17)

0.21

51 (8)

20

2.95 (1.58–5.48)

0.001

  1. DFS disease-free survival, RFS relapse-free survival.
  2. Emboldened values indicates p value < 0.05